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The hostage situation at a Buena Park bank has ended. The bank's doors were blown open and police entered the bank with guns drawn around 3 p.m., NBC LA reported.

KCAL 9 reported that the suspect was shot, but it was unknown what injuries the suspect sustained. The female bank manager was taken to the command post and appeared uninjured, according to reports. Her name has not been released.

Buena Park police Cpl. Andy Luong confirmed that the SWAT team entered the bank and that the suspect was "down." An ambulance was seen leaving the shopping center.

Authorities received a call about a bank robbery just before noon after an armed suspect entered Saehan Bank. The suspect ordered all the employees, except for the manager, to leave the building.

Update 4:20 p.m. The bomb squad is investigating "suspicious devices" left in the bank by the suspect, says KTLA's David Begnaud. Two officers are also reported to have sustained minor injuries during the hostage rescue.

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A San Gabriel Valley doctor has been charged with murder after three of her patients overdosed on prescription drugs she prescribed.

Dr. Hsiu-Ying "Lisa" Tseng was arrested Thursday, taken into custody by state Medical Board investigators. If convicted of all charges, she faces a maximum sentence of 45 years to life in state prison.

“Prescription drug overdose deaths have reached epidemic proportions," Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley said in a press release. "Enough is enough. Doctors are not above the law."

Tseng also faces charges for prescribing drugs using fraud, as well as 20 felony counts for prescribing drugs without a legitimate purpose. Two of those counts involve two of the patients who died. They also include prescriptions written for undercover officers, as well as other patients.

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A dangerous situation is unfolding at Buena Park bank where a gunman is holding at least one person hostage, multiple outlets are reporting. The hostage situation might be part of a personal or workplace dispute, according to the L.A. Times.

A suspect with a gun is believed to be holding a manager hostage inside Saehan Bank at 4542 Beach Blvd., police said. The manager is a woman. Authorities received a call about a bank robbery just before noon.

Employees were ordered by the suspect to leave the building, but the manager was reportedly held.

The branch has been surrounded by federal and local authorities and part of Beach Boulevard has been shut down. The area, including neighboring businesses, is being evacuated as officials are attempting to contact the gunman.

A SWAT team is outside the bank, with more on the way, KCAL 9 reports.

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Topshop, the UK retailer with a worldwide following, will be assuming power at the Grove in Los Angeles on the corner currently occupied by Banana Republic.

Expect an early-morning, Apple store-eque lineup when the 25,000-square-foot store opens its doors (hopefully) in November 2012. Fashion website Refinery 21 predicts "some die-hard sartorialists will even tent up overnight" in anticipation of the company's "on-trend, fairly priced wares."

Though slated to open in time for the holiday shopping season, the British fashion chain may not actually see lights-on until February 2013 should any unexpected issues arise, said developer Rick Caruso, notes the L.A. Times.

Caruso said he'd been negotiating for two years with Topshop owner Sir Philip Green for a Los Angeles location.

Brad Pitt is taking time out of his dreamy, age-reversing schedule to star with George Clooney in Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black's gay marriage rights play "8," set for its Los Angeles premiere on Saturday.

The West Coast premiere, serving as a fundraiser for gay marriage efforts, will take place at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre on March 3.

Pitt is joining an already star-heavy cast that includes George Clooney and Martin Sheen playing the plaintiffs’ co-counsel odd-couple Theodore B. Olson and David Boies. The two gay couples who put forth the law suit -- Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo, with Kris Perry and Sandy Stier -- will be played by Matthew Morrison, Matt Bomer, Christine Lahti, and Jamie Lee Curtis.